McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Some of the military Stryker units have arrived in the South Texas border town of Laredo.
In a Facebook post Tuesday by the Laredo Border Patrol Sector, the agency shows video of a couple of the units rolling past the mall in Laredo and down popular streets and then being taken to the banks of the Rio Grande by soldiers, saying “No terrain is too tough!”
“Laredo Sector has implemented the use of Strykers by the Department of Defense (DOD). DOD has played a crucial role in support of our agents, and the implementation of Army logistics has shown an even greater enhancement to help secure the southern border,” the Facebook post says.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, whose hometown is Laredo, confirmed to Border Report on Tuesday that some of the 10 Strykers units that are being sent to Laredo have arrived.
Cuellar last week told Border Report that an estimated 100 soldiers are expected to also be sent to Laredo along with the 10 Stryker vehicles.
Army Strykers are eight-wheel, tank-like vehicles that are lighter and more easily deployed, and are capable of rapid movement.
The vehicles also have technology to detect drones from Mexico, Cuellar said.
Cuellar said detecting the thousands of drones that Mexican cartels launch at the border is necessary to border law enforcement operations.
The Strykers are being sent by the Department of Defense as the encounter numbers in June along the Southwest border hit an all-time low. The Department of Homeland Security says along the Southwest Border, Border Patrol apprehensions dropped to 6,070 in June, a 15% decline from March 2025.
The agency says that on June 28, Border Patrol recorded only 137 apprehensions on the entire Southwest border — the lowest-single-day total in a quarter century, and that for the second consecutive month, there were “zero releases” of those trying to cross into the United States.
Sandra Sanchez can be reached at SSanchez@BorderReport.com.
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